June 7, 2006

Time for Science Fiction

Science fiction has had a wonderful time with time travel over the years. Here's a puzzle to show you what I mean!

Challenge: Talking Time

Take a look at the words in the following list. They all come up in stories about time travel. Use the words to fill in the blanks, and then find them in the word-search puzzle below.

butterfly	déjà vu	dinosaurs	eloi
future	grandfather	morlocks	paradox
past	sun	temporal	time loop
timeline

1. In this famous story, the villains were the ___________ and the victims were the _____________.
2. Time travelers worry about causing a ________________. One example would be causing an accident to your _____________ before you were born.
3. The _________________ effect describes when one small action can lead to greater consequences.
4. A popular destination is the _______________.
5. You'd travel to the ________ to see ________________.
6. An expert in time travel would know about ______________ mechanics.
7. When a day keeps happening over and over again, the characters are stuck in a ______ ______.
8. The feeling that you've experience a particular moment before is called __________________.
9. In Star Trek stories, one way to travel through time was to accelerate by flying close to the ________.
10. Many science fiction stories explore the idea that this existence is only one possible ___________.

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